About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1938-12-19
Place of birth:
Pasadena, California, USA
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Peter H. Hunt

Overview

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Peter Huls Hunt (December 19, 1938 - April 26, 2020) was an American theatre, film, and television director and a theatrical lighting designer.

Born in Pasadena, California, Hunt began his career as a lighting designer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1958. He became Artistic Director in 1989, a post he held until 1995. In 1969, he helmed the Broadway musical 1776, winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his efforts. His next project, Georgy, was less successful, closing after only four performances. He received a second Tony nomination for Goodtime Charley in 1975. His most recent Broadway project was The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1997. He has since directed several benefit shows for the Actors Fund in Los Angeles, including staged readings of Sunset Boulevard and Casablanca.

Hunt's feature film credits include the screen adaptation of 1776 and Give 'em Hell, Harry!. He has directed numerous television movies, including four based on the Hart to Hart series, and episodes of Baywatch, Baywatch Nights, and Touched by an Angel, among others. He was producer-director of four of the feature adaptations in the Peabody Award-winning Mark Twain Series on PBS including Life on the Mississippi and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Hunt is the uncle of actress Helen Hunt, through his half-brother, director Gordon Hunt. He resides in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former actress Barbette Tweed, daughter of lawyer/civic leader Harrison Tweed. The couple have three children.

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Known for

Directing
1996 Dead Man's Island Directing Director 58
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1993 Sworn to Vengeance Directing Director 58
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1992 Secrets Directing Director 58
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1986 Charley Hannah Directing Director 59
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1986 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Directing Director 59
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1984 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Directing Director 59
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1984 The Last Days of Pompeii Directing Director 69
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1984 Sins of the Past Directing Director 58
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1984 The Parade Directing Director N/A
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1982 Skeezer Directing Director N/A
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1982 The Mysterious Stranger Directing Director 59
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1982 Bus Stop Directing Director N/A
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1981 Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner Directing Director N/A
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1981 The Private History of a Campaign That Failed Directing Director N/A
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1980 Life on the Mississippi Directing Director 59
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1979 When She Was Bad... Directing Director 59
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1978 Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt Directing Director N/A
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1975 Give 'em Hell, Harry! Directing Stage Director 59
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1974 Hello Mother, Goodbye! Directing Director 59
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1974 Hello Mother, Goodbye! Directing Director N/A
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1972 1776 Directing Director 60
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Production
1973 Adam's Rib Production Producer 69
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